> On May 19, 2016, at 8:56 AM, Eike Ziller <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> On May 7, 2016, at 3:37 AM, Jieyun Fu <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Apologies ahead for the basic question .. >> >> I am trying to install a QtCreator plugin (this one, >> specificallyhttps://sourceforge.net/projects/tabbededitor/) >> >> I copy the files to my "plugins" directory but I keep getting "Unable to >> load plugins" dialog with "Name" is missing message. >> >> What steps should I follow to install the plugins? > > > The plugin still uses a .pluginspec.in file for specifying meta data, which > we got rid of in something like Qt Creator 3.3. > Nowadays plugins need to specify all their meta data in .json(.in) files > directly (which were auto generated, but only barely sufficient for Qt 5’s > plugin system before Qt Creator 3.3)
Actually there is a link in the description of the project on sourceforge to a github repository with updated sources, which also uses .json.in for the meta data. So maybe you have more luck with that? > Br, Eike > > -- > Eike Ziller > Principal Software Engineer > > The Qt Company GmbH > Rudower Chaussee 13 > D-12489 Berlin > [email protected] > +123 45 6789012 > http://qt.io > Geschäftsführer: Mika Pälsi, Juha Varelius, Tuula Haataja > Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin, Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, > HRB 144331 B > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qt-creator mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator -- Eike Ziller Principal Software Engineer The Qt Company GmbH Rudower Chaussee 13 D-12489 Berlin [email protected] +123 45 6789012 http://qt.io Geschäftsführer: Mika Pälsi, Juha Varelius, Tuula Haataja Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin, Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 144331 B _______________________________________________ Qt-creator mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator
